Movie Mastery – Foodfight!
Celebrity voices and product placement come together with the cheapest animation possible to create a devastating whirlwind, the outcome of which is the shittiest movie imaginable. Prepare to be […]
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Pure Madness – Afterthought 27
How do you build a game so that when you release extra content, you aren’t just rendering the first book obsolete? Just how far ahead do you really have to […]
Dragonball Z Anime Adventure Game – System Mastery 64
It took us a long time to get to this book because we were gathering power. This week we present our in-depth analysis of this RPG about gathering balls. It’s […]
System Mastery Actual Play – Dr Magnethands 2
System Mastery Actual Play – Doctor Magnethands 2 Doctor Magnethands is so fun it’s hard to play it just once. So we didn’t. Here’s episode two, a tense and revelatory […]
Movie Mastery – Steel
This is weird, right? Because you had totally forgotten this movie? And now you’re all “Oh yeah, Steel! I didn’t go see that. Looked really bad, and it came out […]
Guests – Afterthought 26
We had all these people in the house for some Actual Play stuff, so we figured “why not just keep them sitting around, ply them with pizza, and turn this […]
System Mastery Actual Play – Dr Magnethands 1
System Mastery Actual Play – Doctor Magnethands 1 Alright already, you bought us all this equipment, we’ll try “making friends” and “recording creative content instead of just mocking things.” Today we […]
Synnibarr 3rd Edition – System Mastery 63
We stop by the realms of Raven “Combat Spanking” McCracken once more to see if there’s still the fires of mad genius behind his eyes. Will we find more incredible […]
Movie Mastery – Scooby-Doo and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
It’s genuinely unusual that even when the Scooby of today meets a celebrity, it’s a celebrity from the 70s. Anyway, here’s Scooby-Doo and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery. Though if […]
Alternate History – Afterthought 25
We take a little time to discuss our own favorite alternate histories, like what might have happened if the Kennedy assassination didn’t, and so on. We also answer a great […]
Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex – System Mastery 62
It’s become apparent over time that there are a few archetypes of bad games. You’ve got Vision of a Madman, as seen in Synnibarr or Skyrealms of Jorune. Fun-Hating Deathslog, […]
Movie Mastery – Mommie Dearest (1981)
An old friend drops by the show to help us review a movie she made us watch in the first place. Claire joins us for Mommie Dearest, a bizarre, slowly-paced […]
Peevish – Afterthought 24
In this episode we discuss our pet peeves in game design. Yes, I know that’s the theme of the whole podcast. We were just being more specific this time. Tell […]
Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards – System Mastery 61
Someone must have really liked our review of the movie, because the demand for this was pretty high. Today we present Wizards: the RPG. The game that finally tells us […]
Movie Mastery – Soul Man (1986)
This movie was harder to find that the Holiday Special, and what we can learn from that is that someone needs to work harder at hiding this, because it’s horrible, […]
Randomized – Afterthought 23
Please find enclosed one discussion regarding random elements in games. Can there be too much randomization? Where’s the balancing point and how to find it? Could we perhaps abandon that […]
Gamma World – System Mastery 60
Today we’re thrilled to bring you a game where you can play as a swarm of tiny yetis hanging around with a robot hawk and have an amazing, basically balanced […]
Movie Mastery – Santa with Muscles (1996)
Oh boy, it’s Hulk Hogan! According to that poster, we know he goes sleeveless, doesn’t like buttoning up, and gives some very harmless looking dudes the business. I mean, look […]
Positive Vibes – Afterthought 22
Tell me boy, what day was this recorded? Why, ’twas Christmas Day! And then it was released the Tuesday following, thus ruining any Christmas magic it may have contained! This […]
Immortal: The Invisible War Pt. 2 – System Mastery 59
We discussed the rules, now let’s talk about the fluff in the second episode of Immortal: The Invisible War. Just what is a Darkle, and what Femmes it? And shouldn’t […]
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